- From the ground up – Disney’s new original mobile game Swampy bumps Angry Birds off the top of Apple’s App Store (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Canadian government sparks new debate over cellphone usage, claims kids should not use the devices altogether (Vancouver Sun)
- How the Young Adult book market is growing up (Publishers Weekly)
- Are ad campaigns a thing of the past? (Advertising Age)
- More 3D video content is expected to hit the Nintendo 3DS following a content deal with DreamWorks (CNET)
- If the rumors are true, the iPhone 5 is about to make smartphones a whole lot smarter (Mashable)
- From Russia… how broadcasters are shaking up programming in an effort to lure young people back to the boob tube (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More people are using mobile devices to browse eCommerce sites – but they’re not always leaving as happy customers (Internet Retailing)
- How power is shifting back to content owners in an age of competing media devices and distribution models (Advertising Age)
- Meanwhile, Microsoft is busy beefing up its live streaming and VOD deals for its Xbox (Variety)
- Analyst claims iPhone sales could reach 107 million in 2012 (All Things D)
- How young is too young when it comes to kids hopping online? (Montreal Gazette)
- A glimpse inside the holiday toy race (North Jersey)
- Are young people willing to pay more for good content? (The New York Times)
- Study finds kids who stay up late watching TV and playing video games are more likely to be obese (Toronto Sun)
- Meanwhile, it looks like nighttime is prime time for engaging in all sorts of media (All Things D)
- Paramount restructures licensing ops as studios face plummeting DVD revenues (The Wrap)
- Sony stops footing the bill for 3D glasses. Will theatre chains stop showing 3D films? (L.A. Times)
- Attention all show creators – does this tortured writing process sound familiar? (Wired)
- One M.D. assesses the causes of the ADHD epidemic in US kids, sugar, processed foods, additives, TV, video games, Internet and cell phones DON’t make the list (Huffington Post)
- It’s here. The new Amazon Fire goes to the mat with the iPad (Wired)
- Why babies are the next great American consumers (AdWeek)
- When it comes to Halloween, the US retail market isn’t nearly as scary as we all thought (Advertising Age)
- A bankrupt Borders dishes over its IP to competitor Barnes & Noble (Businessweek)
- The RIM PlayBook takes a page from other underperforming tech devices, slashes prices significantly (Montreal Gazette)
- Have music video games left the living room? (Mashable)
- Hollywood turns to the public domain in search of its next big hit, cuts the royalty fat (New York Magazine)
- How studio pay TV deals are poised to change (Variety)
- DreamWorks chooses web streaming over Pay TV, signs pact with Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Zynga and its ‘Villes’ move into Google+ territory (All Things D)
- Inside the burgeoning business of advertiser-produced TV series (The Wall Street Journal)
- For what it’s worth: Kids are costing parents more than ever before (CNN)
- Print-on-Demand: A glimmer of hope for struggling bookstores? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Scary, age-inappropriate previews at kids movies don’t shake the US Motion Picture Association (Advertising Age)
- New study suggests that when it comes to learning, boys and girls grow better together (The Globe and Mail)
- Australian government paints a candid picture of ongoing cyber-bullying issues (Sydney Morning Herald)
- About a third of UK kids under the age of 10 have their own smartphones (BBC)
- Long overdue? Amazon Kindle eBooks now available at 11,000 US public libraries (The New York Times)
- Speaking of eBooks, Scholastic invests heavily in digital growth at the expense of other business areas (The Wall Street Journal)
- Get ready for more teenagers with superpowers… Sabrina the Teenage Witch is back (Los Angeles Times)
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